" well, if you say so,' He said shrugging and continued, "what if I pay the money and the son's father come from nowhere demanding you and his son? "
" He is dead okay? Take it or you leave it and I do not want you either, just accept that and about your money you keep bragging about, I am not a commodity, I have some dignity so keep your money to yourself, I do not need it, okay? Do not worry about it, I will surely find a way to pay every dime, at least you already said he is not your son " she said as she stood up and left the hospital.
"Naomi, I will not stop until I make you mine, even if you are not mine physically, you are mine in my heart!" Mac said inwardly and left for another direction not without the thought of her in his head.
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( A week later )
( The Matts residence )
" So, dad how was your trip? " Jack said as he sat beside an older version of him which was his father in the living room.
" Well, it was fine " he said clearing his throat.
" You decided not to let me go with you right?"
" No son, it was not like that, if you go with us, who would take care of the company? Stop behaving like a kid and think like the adult you are"
" Dad, come on, I was just joking okay, you take every single thing too serious, "
" That is why I am a businessman I love the, so Jack you know I am back from my trip now and ... "
Jack interrupted his dad as he knew where the conversation was going to head.
" Dad, I know okay? "
" Hear me out, son," his dad said sternly and continued, I am back from my trip with your mum and you know I am turning sixty soon, I am supposed to have retired and probably be seeing my grandkids around and playing around, yet, here you are, no ambition for yourself, no goal sometimes I feel like I am cursed for having just you as my only child, you keep doing this to me, Ask yourself if it is really fair? No, just put yourself in my shoes and just ask yourself if what you are doing is good, You will get the answer within yourself, over and over, countless times, I have told you to just bring a woman, introduce her as your wife and we will just ... ' He sighed deeply and continued, you are a very handsome man, too handsome, no woman would see you and say she does not desire you, l see no reason why you have still not found a woman of your choice! Do you plan to be a catholic priest all your life or are you so shy that you can not even ask a woman out? Huh? Just tell me and I and your mother will arrange a very pretty woman for you, I am sure you will fall in love with her as time goes on, just tell me your choice "
As if it is that easy, Jack thought inwardly.
" Dad, it is not like that, I have also gone through a lot, okay, please just try to understand, when the time comes, I will get a woman of my choice and bring her home, you do not need to arrange any woman because the love can never be there, okay? "
" Wait, you said something like gone through a lot '
" Yeah ." he said hoping the conversation would come to an end soon.
" Gone through a lot? Really? Like what? How? When?"
" Dad, it is all in the past, okay? When I have found my choice, I will bring my woman home, okay? "
"Jack, the past can affect the present, why do you not tell us whatever happened because for you to say something like past, probably that is the reason you have not found a woman of your choice yet, see, Jack, all I am doing is just for your benefit okay? I love you so much that I want my company to be in good hands when I leave finally and those selfish, stupid board of directors do not want that, they want my own company for themselves and then they came up with a policy that a CEO must have a wife, that was why they did not want a CEO without a wife, they believed that at least, if you do not get a wife before I die, one of them or their sons would be the CEO and take over and the company would forever be gone, yet I have to respect their choice because if they withdraw their shares, it will affect my company ..."
" Dad, why have you not fired them if they are that selfish?"
Dr Matt glared at his foolish son ..." son, stop behaving like an illiterate okay? You went to school, those people invested a lot in my company, Those people have investments in my own company, how can you expect me to fire them? It does not work like that, okay? Assuming you have found a woman to call yours, all these should not be a problem for you, you would have known all these and gone far even more than these, imagining you asking me to fire my board of directors who have major shares in my company? You are really dumb"
" Dad, common we all make mistakes, okay? And besides what exactly is with you, wife and company " he asked smirking.
" What type of a son are you? I thought I have explained it over and over to you "
" And I also thought we are way past this, since we are done with this conversation, I would like to call it a day "
Dr Matt stared at his son for a long time and said something that gripped Jack.